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The treaty, signed in 1848, ended the U.S. War with Mexico and granted the United States control of all of Texas, ew Mexico, and California

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The war was between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846-1848. It was a dispute over who did the Texas territory belong to.

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Businesses created in California to support miners.

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Businesses created in California to support miners.

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The Gold Rush led to the development of manufacturing for mining machinery, equipment for hydraulic operations, which were often used in the mining process. It also led to the production of lumber and the creation of new flour mills. The need for clothing increased dramatically and the leather industry experienced significant growth. Wholesale and retail developed at this time and were instrumental in helping meet the growing demands of consumers.

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Life in the gold fields for these miners were harsh. They were exposed to loneliness and homesickness, isolation and physical danger, bad food and illness, and even death. Most of the men that that would mine in this "golden country" would be poor, and would be working for wages for both themselves and employers.

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the temperance movement was the protest against the consumption of alcohol. Prisons were made to be in harsher conditions and worse punishments. Transcendentalism was the movement that protested against the general state. Utopias were neighborhoods were people lived by each other. Common schools were made to teach people early on with books. The Mormon Trek was a journey from Illinois to the Missouri river.

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The Democratic Party supported a states govenment while the Whigs Party favored a federal government. Slavery caused the Whigs to be split between north and south, as northern Whigs wanted to abolish slavery while southern Whigs wanted the opposite.

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Interviews with the author of GIVE ME LIBERTY! AN AMERICAN HISTORY Question: How did the Democrats and the Whigs differ in the conceptions of freedom that they advocated? For more podcasts and a transcript of this interview, visit the Give Me Liberty!: An American History StudySpace Website: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/give-me-liberty3/

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Texas' government asked to become part of the U.S. for more than 10 years and was rejected until 1845 when Polk annexed Texas. This led to a war with Mexico that began in 1846 and ended in 1848. This war helped cause the Civil War because of the issue of slavery.

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Was an American soldier and politician who was mostly known for his voctory at the Battle of Jacinto which gave Texas its independence from Mexico. He was also a former Governor of Texas

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A religious revival during the 19th century. The movement started in 1790 then Baptist and Methodist members started to join in 1820 whose preachers lead the movement.

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Transformed California from a sparsely populated, distant area ripe for statehood. Gold seekers traveled overland across the mountains to California or took the round-about sea routes. By December 1849, he population had mushroomed to an estimated 100,000.

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A major economic downturn brought on by temporary excesses in international trade and the inability of the United States to control the currency or make credit available after the closing of the Second Bank of the United States.

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Moses Austin was a Missouri merchant given permission to start a colony in Texas by the Spanish government. He believed that the more settlers came in the greater the stabilization of the border area. Stephen Austin,son of Moses Austin, went into Texas to create the new settlement. Eventually, Stephen acted as a colonizing agent after given land by the Mexican government.

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Moses Austin, Stephen F. Austin, and the "Texas Venture"

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Methodists and Baptists
Methodists traditions were originated in the 1700's by a preacher named John Wesley
Baptist traditions were originated by English Separatists in the 1600's

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Due to the growing numbers of American settlers in Texas, their unwillingness to follow the law, and the desire of independence from the Mexican government caused the government to become watchful over the settlers. This slow but boiling tension led to the  settlers fighting Mexico at the Alamo. With the 200 hundred defenders led by Travis Scott they were outnumbered by the Mexican army and died. This conflict eventually led forces under Sam Houston to attack Santa Anna's encampment while they were sleeping. After taken prisoner Santa Anna signed a peace treaty and agreed to recognize an independent Texas.

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The idea that the expansion of white Americans across the continent was inevitable and ordained by God. This belief led to the United States almost doubling in size. It went from 1.8 million square miles of land to almost 3 million. Manifest Destiny was also a mean to spread Protestant Christianity and Jacksonian Democracy to more individuals.

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The Alamo, Davie Crocket, William Travis

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The Alamo, Davie Crocket, William Travis

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A Franciscan mission in San Antonio, Texas that followed a 13-day siege from Mexican troops under the order of President Santa Anna. Davy Crocket was killed while defending the Alamo. In revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of Jacintoon April 21st, 1836, which ended the revolution. William Travis was an American lawyer that was also killed in the crossfire while defending the Alamo.